Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the national poverty rate declined for the first time since 2006, down to 14.5 percent. The rate was 15 percent in 2012, so it would appear that the trend is moving in the right direction. However, these numbers are misleading.
Here in Gainesville, there are many places a citizen can go to get treatment for any illness.
If you’ve watched TV in the past week, specifically MTV, you’ve probably noticed something outside the normal ads for Teen Wolf or toothpaste.
The Accent Speaker’s Bureau hosted “A Conversation with Former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren and Journalist Rula Jebreal” Tuesday.
I am many things, but wealthy isn’t one of them.
Recently, Nickelodeon’s hit children’s show, “Dora the Explorer,” had a major makeover.
With the recent reports of Ray Rice committing assault and the outbreak of assaults at UF, the topic of violence against women is on everybody’s lips.
Last week, former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell was convicted of corruption. McDonnell was once a shining star in the Republican Party and was a potential 2012 running mate for Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
Sunday night, a string of texts lit up on my phone. As soon as I saw the short UF Alert number, I knew — dreading it, but knowing it — another case of battery had just been reported to the police.
They haven’t appeared just yet, but they’re coming soon.
With the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a Sunni jihadist group in the Middle East that is labeled as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. and many other nations, the entire world is on high alert, waiting for whatever barbaric action the group has planned next.
The Internet is a powerful tool of democracy that provides diverse groups of people with an open and equal platform to communicate, share information and express their views. Net neutrality, a concept that has come under fire in recent years, is the principle protecting these essential aspects of the Internet.
I can’t stand numbers, and for good reason.
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